A program to invite eligible entities to submit a pre-application (also known as a “white paper” or “précis”) to help identify plans and capabilities for participation in a follow-on program using "Other Transaction Authorities"

OT2

Other Transactions

Research Project-Other Transaction Award

A single-component research award that is not a grant, cooperative agreement or contract using Other Transaction Authorities

OT3

Other Transactions

Other Transaction Multiple-Component Research Award

A multiple-component research award that is not a grant, cooperative agreement or contract that is made using Other Transaction Authorities

T01

Training Programs

Graduate Training Program

To assist and extend training of individuals preparing for research and academic careers in fundamental, preclinical, clinical, public health, and other disciplines related to the area of interest of the awarding Institute/Division.

To assist professional schools and other public and nonprofit institutions to establish, expand, or improve programs of continuing professional education, especially for programs of extensive continuation, extension, or refresher education dealing with new developments in the science of technology of the profession.

To enhance the undergraduate research training of individuals from groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences through Institutional National Research Service Award Training Grants, in preparation for research doctorate degree programs.

To provide assistance to regional centers in developing specialized personnel in the occupational safety and health field with academic training, research training, and continuing education and outreach in industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine, and occupational safety.

To support comprehensive interdisciplinary research training programs at the undergraduate, predoctoral and/or postdoctoral levels, by capitalizing on the infrastructure of existing multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research programs.

To support research training experiences for pre-doctoral trainees who are interested in pursuing research careers in multi-disciplinary clinical and translational science. The training award is administratively linked to another project or projects. A TL1 award may only be disaggregated from a U54 application and organizations may not apply for a TL1, Linked Training Award. The TL1 is used in lieu of the T32 for those programs that offer linked awards.

To enhance the undergraduate research training of individuals from groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences through Institutional National Research Service Award Training Grants, in preparation for research doctorate degree programs. This is the linked equivalent of the T34.

Institutional National Research Service Award with Involvement of NIH Intramural Faculty

The cooperative agreement counterpart to the T32, this award enables institutions to provide research-training experiences for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists in specified shortage areas. In addition, these awards involve identified NIH Intramural Staff who serve as a part of the training faculty and participate in the operation of the training program.

To support cooperative research and development projects between small business concerns and research institutions, limited in time and amount, to establish the technical merit and feasibility of ideas that have potential for commercialization.

To support in-depth development of cooperative research and development projects between small business concerns and research institutions, limited in time and amount, whose feasibility has been established in Phase I and that have potential for commercialization.